Mulder and Soup Offered Arbitration

Ewttexas · December 2nd, 2006, 12:45 AM

Sounds like they made a couple of good moves. Both could sign elsewhere but we will get draft picks for them. With the state of the market this year, it was a no loose situation on Suppan. The Cards don't want a multi-year deal for him so either way they win. Mulder is another story. The Cards want an option year to make up for his rehab time. Mulder wants one year so that he can enter the market after next season. The word is that he has a side deal with WJ not to accept arbitration. The surprise was that they didn't offer arbitration to Weaver. I guess that they were afraid that he'd accept and that it could cost more than they are willing to pay. I'm sure that they will still try to resign him. Belliard became useless once they signed Adam Kennedy and offering arbitration could have been a disaster. Bye-bye Jason. It's been nice knowing you. Time to not listen to some other pitching coach. The Cards can still negotiate with Vizcaino and Wilson. I think that we may hear about Gonzo today or tomorrow.

BleacherBum593 · December 2nd, 2006, 09:47 AM

Yesterday was the last day to offer a team's free agents arbritration. Here's the article in today's Post Dispatch - http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/spo...F?OpenDocument - Only two Cards offered arbitration by Joe Strauss.

vegasjim · December 2nd, 2006, 10:37 AM

I still do not understand why you do not offer Jason M. and get a draft choice for him going elsewhere. Does anyone really think he would have accepted an offer for arbritation.

Jim

GoCrazyFolks · December 4th, 2006, 07:45 AM

I'm at a loss over Maquis also. With the current market for pitchers, I can't see Marquis accepting arbitration.

tulcard · December 4th, 2006, 08:40 AM

Guess they wanted to be sure he was gone....Why take the chance?

Nighthawk · December 4th, 2006, 06:50 PM

Arbitration can be a real game of Russian Roulette sometimes....even so, I would have offered him arby, and not just for the pick (which are generally overrated in value, IMHO). I still think he can be an effective back of the rotation starter given the opportunity.

December 2nd, 2006, 12:45 AM	#1 (permalink)
Ewttexas Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 727	Mulder and Soup Offered Arbitration Sounds like they made a couple of good moves. Both could sign elsewhere but we will get draft picks for them. With the state of the market this year, it was a no loose situation on Suppan. The Cards don't want a multi-year deal for him so either way they win. Mulder is another story. The Cards want an option year to make up for his rehab time. Mulder wants one year so that he can enter the market after next season. The word is that he has a side deal with WJ not to accept arbitration. The surprise was that they didn't offer arbitration to Weaver. I guess that they were afraid that he'd accept and that it could cost more than they are willing to pay. I'm sure that they will still try to resign him. Belliard became useless once they signed Adam Kennedy and offering arbitration could have been a disaster. Bye-bye Jason. It's been nice knowing you. Time to not listen to some other pitching coach. The Cards can still negotiate with Vizcaino and Wilson. I think that we may hear about Gonzo today or tomorrow.

December 2nd, 2006, 10:37 AM	#3 (permalink)
vegasjim Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 221	IMO should have offered Jason M. I still do not understand why you do not offer Jason M. and get a draft choice for him going elsewhere. Does anyone really think he would have accepted an offer for arbritation. Jim

December 4th, 2006, 06:50 PM	#6 (permalink)
Nighthawk Moderator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: NYC Posts: 2,716	Arbitration can be a real game of Russian Roulette sometimes....even so, I would have offered him arby, and not just for the pick (which are generally overrated in value, IMHO). I still think he can be an effective back of the rotation starter given the opportunity. __________________ "Whenever the word 'fair' features so prominently in legislation, the odds are that it is economically illiterate" -Rich Lowery What am I doing with your tax money? Sustaining the realm according to caprice.

December 2nd, 2006, 09:47 AM	#2 (permalink)
BleacherBum593 Moderator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: St Louis (LF Bleachers) Posts: 1,884	Yesterday was the last day to offer a team's free agents arbritration. Here's the article in today's Post Dispatch - http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/spo...F?OpenDocument - Only two Cards offered arbitration by Joe Strauss.

December 4th, 2006, 07:45 AM	#4 (permalink)
GoCrazyFolks Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 167	I'm at a loss over Maquis also. With the current market for pitchers, I can't see Marquis accepting arbitration.

December 4th, 2006, 08:40 AM	#5 (permalink)
tulcard Moderator Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 884	Guess they wanted to be sure he was gone....Why take the chance?